Spanish socialite Ana Obregon, who used her dead son’s sperm to have his baby via surrogate at 68, opens up about being a ‘mum-grandmother’ on Mother’s Day
She shocked the world after welcoming a baby via surrogate using her dead son’s sperm at the age of 68 – and now, Spanish socialite Ana Obregon has opened up about being a ‘mum-grandmother’ as she marked her nation’s Mother’s Day.
The actress, now 71, who once made the baseless claim that she shared a bed with David Beckham when he played for Real Madrid, an allegation the father of four has always denied, welcomed her granddaughter, Anita Sandra, in 2023.
At the time, Ana was at the centre of a national controversy in Spain, where surrogacy is illegal, after she was pictured coming out of a US hospital with the newborn.
The socialite – whose son’s father was the nephew of former Spanish King Juan Carlos, Alessandro Lecquio – soon revealed the baby was actually her granddaughter and conceived using an egg donor and her late son Aless Lequio’s frozen sperm.
She said she did it to fulfil the final wishes of her child, who died of cancer in 2020. He had frozen his sperm two years prior.
In an announcement that stunned Spain and made international headlines, Ana told ¡Hola! Magazine: ‘The girl isn’t my daughter, she’s my granddaughter. It was Aless’ last wish to bring a child into the world.’
Now, Ana has offered an update on her three-year-old granddaughter as she marked Mother’s Day in Spain over the weekend.
Taking to her Instagram account, where she has 1.3 million followers, she shared two sweet photographs thought to show Ana with her son as a baby, and with her grandchild shortly after she was born.
In a caption translated from Spanish, she wrote: ‘Mother’s Day hurts. My heart goes out to all the mothers who have their angels in heaven. Those who swallow their tears with a smile to survive.
‘I need to tell you that love is the greatest force that exists, that we should try to feel their love from wherever they are. I need to tell you that we will be their mothers forever.
‘Happy Mother’s Day to the mothers who are lucky enough to have their children on earth, who can hug them, talk to them, smell them. Don’t let a single day go by without telling them how much you love them.
‘Collect countless moments with them, because that’s the only thing that truly matters in this life. The greatest pride and privilege is being a mother (at least for me).
‘Now I am a grandmother-mother to an angel who illuminates every second of my darkness. Blessed are all the mothers on earth and those who gave us life and are in heaven.’
Speaking to Spanish TV in April 2025, Ana said her home is now ‘full of stuffed animals and toys’, adding: ‘I even have a little ball pool where she makes me dive in.’
She added that picking Anita up is becoming more difficult as she grows as it hurts the grandmother’s back.
Speaking of her son Aless’ experience, she explained: ‘We live our whole lives saying that we are eternal and nothing happens here. Suddenly, one day they tell you at 25 years old that you have an aggressive cancer.’
